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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VH_lynchburg-history_Lynchburg-VA.html
Monument Terrace, completed in 1925, links Church Street with Court Street via 132 steps and 10 landings. The bronze statue, The Listening Post, created by Charles Keck, commemorates Lynchburg's World War I dead. Several other memorials have been …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VF_lynchburg-history_Lynchburg-VA.html
The James River originates in the mountains to the west and flows through Lynchburg and Richmond before reaching the Chesapeake Bay. In 1757, the Lynch family built a ferry across the James River ahead of you at the foot of this hill; today, the L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VD_lynchburg-confederate-soldiers-monument_Lynchburg-VA.html
(front)1861—1865Our Confederate Soldiers(rear)Erected by theDaughters of the ConfederacyofLynchburg, Virginiain 1899,to commemorate the heroismof our Confederate Soldiers(side)Kirk Wood Otey Chapter U.D.C.(side)Old Dominion Chapter U.D.C.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UU_abram-frederick-biggers-and-biggers-school_Lynchburg-VA.html
Abram Frederick Biggers (1838 - 1879), a lawyer by profession, was appointed the first superintendent of the Lynchburg and Campbell County schools in 1870. As a part of his effort to build a strong system, Biggers toured northern states to study t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UM_luke-jordan-blues-pioneer_Lynchburg-VA.html
Singer-guitarist Luke Jordan (1892-1952) was a familiar presence on the streets of Lynchburg from the 1920s until World War II. Jordan and other African American musicians in the Southeast merged blues with an existing repertoire of ballads, ragti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UE_inner-defenses-1864_Lynchburg-VA.html
A line of shallow entrenchments extended from near this point along the crest of the hill to the east. These works were occupied by the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute, who had marched here with General Breckinridge after the Institute a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TJ_point-of-honor_Lynchburg-VA.html
Point of Honor stands half a mile to the northeast. Built for Dr. George Cabell Sr. in 1815, this refined Federal-style house is stylistically linked to dwellings in Richmond such as the Hancock-Wirt-Caskie House. According to local tradition, due…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10TG_federal-hill_Lynchburg-VA.html
Lynchburg's first residential suburb became part of the city by annexation in 1814 and 1819. Houses within the neighborhood's nine block area represent over a hundred years of architectural styles that include Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SG_lynchburg_Lynchburg-VA.html
The Old Court House was completed in 1855 and was occupied by the Circuit and Hustings Courts and the Lynchburg city government. During the Civil War, Lynchburg became a center for war munitions, army supplies, troop training and medical facilitie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10SE_lathams-battery_Lynchburg-VA.html
This tablet marks the location of the gun house ofLatham's Battery.
Organized May 28th, 1860. Left Lynchburg on the 23rd of April, 1861 and was mustered into the service of the C.S.A. on the 25th of April, 1861 with 95 men on roll; was known as…